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I know the finns used the 41 mark on some russian capture rifles, but from the pics you posted I see nothing else that that leads me to believe it was ever in the finns hands. Some of the old hands here will come along shortly and let us know.
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Looks like a 32 dated receiver with an upside 4 on it to me. Nice one!
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It might be a relatively low number for that production run. It was not uncommon for them to begin numbering over and over again over the production year for security reasons. Wouldn't want the enemy to know how many 9130's Tula manufactured during the year, so they restarted the numbering often. The "ж" was possibly added later. No clue what the character is next to that. Looks like a Tula Hammer to me. Then there's the vodka factor
see were here looking at this odd ball mosin and someones probably laughing from their grave because it was that one messed up disgruntled soviet worker that just hated his job and a little of this, maybe a p here lol.